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To install follow these steps:

1. Download and install [Apache Tomcat 7.x](http://tomcat.apache.org/download-70.cgi)
2. Configure Apache Tomcat to use more memory. Edit `bin/catalina.sh` and add the following line in the beggining of the file, after the comments:
```
JAVA_OPTS="-Xmx512m -Xms128m $JAVA_OPTS"
```
3. Optional[^1]: Install a mail transport agent (e.g. `$ sudo apt-get install postfix`)
4. Download Scout [Web Application](https://github.com/openplanets/scout/releases/download/v0.2.0/scout-web.war) and all [plugins](https://github.com/openplanets/scout/releases/download/v0.2.0/plugins.zip)
5. Install Scout Web Application into Apache Tomcat
```
$ cp scout-web.war [TOMCAT]/webapps/
```
6. Create the following directories with write permissions by the user running the Apache Tomcat server
```
$ sudo mkdir /usr/local/scout
$ sudo chown [TOMCAT_USER] /usr/local/scout
$ sudo su [TOMCAT_USER]
$ mkdir /usr/local/scout/data
$ unzip plugins.zip -d /usr/local/scout/
$ mkdir ~/.scout
7. Start Apache Tomcat server
[^1]: An external SMTP server can optionally be configured.
1. Download and install [Apache Tomcat 7.x](http://tomcat.apache.org/download-70.cgi)
2. Configure Apache Tomcat to use more memory. Edit `bin/catalina.sh` and add the following line in the beggining of the file, after the comments:

```
JAVA_OPTS="-Xmx512m -Xms128m $JAVA_OPTS"
```

3. Option: Install a mail transport agent (e.g. `$ sudo apt-get install postfix`) or use an external SMTP server.
4. Download Scout [web application](https://github.com/openplanets/scout/releases/download/v0.2.0/scout-web.war) and [all plugins](https://github.com/openplanets/scout/releases/download/v0.2.0/plugins.zip)
5. Install Scout web application into Apache Tomcat

```
$ cp scout-web.war [TOMCAT]/webapps/
```

6. Create the following directories with write permissions by the user running the Apache Tomcat server

```
$ sudo mkdir /usr/local/scout
$ sudo chown [TOMCAT_USER] /usr/local/scout
$ sudo su [TOMCAT_USER]
$ mkdir /usr/local/scout/data
$ unzip plugins.zip -d /usr/local/scout/
$ mkdir ~/.scout
```

7. Start Apache Tomcat server

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